Meanwhile, Telangana DGP M Mahendar Reddy said polling process had been peaceful across the state.

Elaborate and necessary arrangements have been made for law and order, public safety and queue management, he said.

Over one lakh personnel from Telangana, central paramilitary forces and those drawn from different states have been deployed as part of security and other arrangements.

The Congress has stitched together an alliance, “Prajakutami” (People’s Front), along with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), the Telangana Jana Samiti (TJS) and the Communist Party of India (CPI) to take on the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), led by K Chandrasekhar Rao.

The TRS, seeking a second term in office, is going alone, as also the BJP.